Photos from building my first guitar in 2005

Long time ago - anyway...

Since my old guitar building blog is no longer available, I have decided to share the photos on flickr.

It happened in 2005. I've built the complete guitar with my own hands. Even the pickups are handmade. I was deeply impressed after I had finished my work. My first guitar, built with my own hands....a great feeling and lot of experiences!

Citizen

This was the name of the first song I had composed using my new guitar. A very simple song.

Here are some tunes.

Here is some useful information:

Mighty Dub Katz - Magic Carpet Ride

I love this video and the music. You can hear it almost every Friday on hr3.

New videos on my YouTube channel

Some days are gone since my last blog - I was a little bit busy.

I've uploaded four new songs on my YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/stephanschwenk

I must admit that all of them are not played well but I want to put the videos live on my channel without spending too much time on the recording of these songs.

Greensleeves
It's a wonderful small song and I'm playing the easy version of it.

Freight Train
If you're going to start travis picking then you should take this song first. It is excellent for beginners (like me :-)). I had some trouble with the picking because I used a thumb pick. I've started practise with this pick only two weeks ago. It is not as easy as it seems at first sight.

Godfather theme
This is another cover of this beautiful song. I've started playing two weeks ago and here is the result. I know, there are a lot of things to improve...

Weißt du noch
I love this song and especially the unconventional tuning of DADF#BD which gives you this special sound. Ulli Bögershausen has composed this song and you can even feel the magic of it while playing.

 


Check it out and let me know your thoughts.

Stephan